Perfunctory over-sophistication with clichés

Rating: 6/10 (21 October 2013)

As we know, Guillermo del Toro is fond of fantasy and visual effects, and state-of-the-art technology enables him to provide more flashing scenes and fights - regretfully at the expense of pithiness and novelty. Similar monsters, equipment, fights, reasonings, types of characters (politically correct approach of different races and ages) etc. have been visible in dozens of movies - so is the ending, typical to Hollywood blockbusters. Bearing in mind the development of technology in recent decades, it is still odd why there are still so many Godzilla and transformer figures in movies! And you can easily guess which characters survive and who lose their lives... As for the cast, only Idris Elba and Ron Perlman give decent performances, the rest is gray zone, no catchy moments, just trivial solutions of trivial types...
A kind of entertainment appraised likely by video gamers, but without offering new elements to the history of cinema.